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#Nature conservation #photographer, #author, Founder ED Wildlife Trust of India. Sr. Advisor IFAW,Councillor IUCN, Chair IUCN Asian Elephant Specialist Group
Apr 2, 2021 4 tweets 3 min read
#Fires burn through the summers in most dry #forests of India till monsoon rains quench them. In the hills in Uttarakhand, in the Nilgiri plateau in Bandipur, now in Bandhavgarh #fires are making news in India. (Thread 1 of 4) Fires can be set by locals for getting fresh grass for their livestock or to collect minor forest produce. They are also set by #foresters to manage grasslands to get fresh grass for wild ungulates or even to reduce dry tinder in forests (pix P Dwivedi) ( Thread 2 of 4).